“Hey Dan can you pass this note to Alexei?” I heard Kendra asked the guy next to me, Dan.
“Yeah sure,” he grumbled. He threw the note onto my slightly messy desk. I looked over at Kendra and she gave me a goofy wave. I rolled my eyes and started to open the note.
“Alexei Jameson put that note away now before I have to read it to the class,” My teacher Mr. Strikers scolded.
“Sorry,” I mumbled and I heard snickering coming from Dan’s direction.
“What do you think you’re laughing at?” I whisper scolded Dan.
“Your face,”
“What?”
“Your face,” he said, this time a little louder.
“I heard you the first time. I just wanted to make sure you really wanted to get on my bad side,” I harshly whispered to him.
“I only meant that you looked at Mr. Strikers like he was Darth Vader from Star Wars or something,” I started to laugh. I stopped as soon as I got a glare from Mr. Strikers. When he wasn’t looking I took out the note.
I snickered but I thought of the first line, ‘I think Dan likes you’. I looked over at Dan and sure enough he was looking at me. He quickly turned away. His black shaggy hair rustled when he moved. I sighed. I had a crush on Dan for about a year, ever since he had moved to the area. I looked over to him. He was scribbling something down on a piece of scratch paper. He threw is onto my desk.
It read:
Alexei:
The emotions I felt were overwhelming. I quickly scribbled onto the paper:



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